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Energy News Network: HB6 updates: A new bill and fuzzy math, 9/26/2023
Energy News Network: ‘Falsified’ public comments loom over Ohio state parks drilling decisions, 9/18/2023
Commonwealth Magazine: Utilities need to stop building natural gas infrastructure, 9/13/2023
KTVN-Reno 2News: NV Energy Customer Complaints Exposed By Watchdog Group, 9/8/2023
Charleston Gazette-Mail: PSC chooses firm to audit Mon Power and Potomac Edison lobbying expenses, 9/4/2023
Hartford Courant: Lawmakers: What’s the hullabaloo on electric rates and what does it mean for you?, 9/1/2023
Planet Detroit: New settlement agreement aims to put spotlight on DTE-linked dark money, 8/28/2023
CT Post: UI’s weird hard sell for a $131M rate hike, 8/28/2023
CT Insider: Utility union in crossfire as UI electric rate battle reaches climax, 8/24/2023
Charleston Gazette-Mail: PSC staff recommends firm to audit FirstEnergy utilities’ lobbying expenses, 8/17/2023
AL.com: Power company’s proposed land grab dares offend our rights, 8/13/2023
Inforum: Potential for rural electric co-ops to tap millions for renewables projects, 8/9/2023
Energywire: Colorado gas rule ignites debate over pace of electrification, 8/8/2023
Colorado Public Radio: Xcel Energy’s latest climate plan sparks a heated fight over heat pumps, 8/2/2023
The Boston Globe: Massachusetts is phasing out natural gas. Why is it expanding in Douglas?, 7/26/2023
NY Focus: New Bill Would Block Utilities From Lobbying at Customers’ Expense, 7/24/2023
Maine Public: New law creates more transparency on utilities’ political spending, 7/7/2023
Energy News Network: Hydrogen, nuclear among winners in last-minute changes to Ohio budget bill, 7/6/2023
QuadReport: Larry Householder’s New House, 7/3/2023
Capital & Main: New Mexico Energy Transition Proposal Would Violate Ban on ‘Fossil Fuel Development’, 6/30/2023
New York Times: A $60 Million Bribe. A $1.3 Billion Bailout. A 20-Year Prison Sentence., 6/29/2023
Politico: DeSantis signs bill that critics say could lead to higher water rates, 6/26/2023
Washington Post: Three states just barred utilities from charging customers for lobbying, 6/21/2023
WPLN: TVA proposes another methane gas plant, this time just outside Nashville, 6/16/2023
The Progressive Magazine: Renewable Energy Threatens Utility Profiteers, 6/15/2023
The American Prospect: Sempra Pushes to Expand Pacific Pipelines for Gas Export, 6/2/2023
Energy News Network/Eye on Ohio: How Randazzo spent millions from FirstEnergy, 5/17/2023
NY Focus: Are Your Gas Bills Paying For the Campaign Against Banning Gas?, 5/17/2023
Cleveland.com: Super PAC ratchets up pressure on fight to make constitutional amendments harder, 4/28/2023
E&E News, EnergyWire: Solar to gas stoves: What to know about DeSantis and energy, 4/27/2023
Bloomberg: An Oregon City Banned Natural Gas. The Gas Company Fought Back, 4/25/2023
Energy News Network: Eye on Utilities: Delay, delay and more delay, 4/17/2023
Semafor: Ron DeSantis’s climate contradictions, 4/7/2023
Detroit News: DTE faces looming storm on its political spending amid outage outrage, 4/2/2023
The Guardian: Harvard professor’s fossil fuel links under scrutiny over climate grant, 4/1/2023
Planet Detroit: DTE, Consumers aim to spend taxpayers’ ‘low carbon’ money on gas, 3/30/2023
Charleston Gazette-Mail: PSC orders audit of Mon Power, Potomac Edison lobbying expenses, 3/28/2023
NJ Spotlight News: JCP&L to pay back customers after audit, 3/23/2023
High Country News: The natural gas pushback, 3/21/2023
Vox: The gas stove wars are far from over, 3/21/2023
Gas Outlook: Are hydrogen blending and RNG climate solutions?, 3/21/2023
WPLN: Is natural gas ‘clean energy’? Tennessee lawmakers want you to think so, 3/15/2023
Grist: Ohio politicians found guilty in $60 million utilities bribery scandal, 3/10/2023
Vox: Meet the gas stove influencer sponsored by the propane industry, 3/10/2023
NY Focus: Fossil Fuel Companies Enlist Customers to Fight New York’s Climate Law, 3/7/2023
Jacobin: Ron DeSantis Is Helping Utility Companies Keep Floridians in the Dark, 3/6/2023
Deutsche Welle (DW): US: Anti-renewable groups target whale deaths, 3/6/2023
WXYZ Detroit (ABC): Will DTE’s campaign cash impact how lawmakers respond to power outages?, 3/1/2023
Reuters: Incoming Florida utility chief’s priority: no more scandals, 2/28/2023
Washington Post: Maryland governor taps gas industry official to help regulate gas industry, 2/27/2023
Charlestown Gazette-Mail: Utility lobbying supporting WV lawmaker meals and costly energy status quo, 2/25/2023
Detroit Free Press: 700K power outages in Michigan likely restored by Sunday — barring weather, 2/24/2023
Capital B: Utility Bills and Shutoffs Are Rising. Here Are a Few Tips to Protect Yourself, 2/23/2023
Salem News: Ryan’s new position brings controversy, 2/21/2023
MLive: Utilities should report money spent on lobbying, Michigan attorney general says, 2/21/2023
Maine Public Radio: Maine’s cold snap didn’t knock out heat pumps, 2/14/2023
The Lever: The Corporate Campaign To Greenwash Natural Gas, 2/14/2023
Distilled/Heated: Meet the Man Fueling Clean Energy Opposition in the Midwest, 2/9/2023
Washington Post: Heat pumps are defying Maine’s winters and oil industry pushback, 2/7/2023
Illinois Public Media: What’s behind the big number of utility shutoffs in Illinois?, 2/6/2023
Charleston-Gazette Mail: WV fails to investigate FirstEnergy while other states dig, 2/4/2023
Washington Post: The gas industry is under fire. It’s hiring Democratic politicians to help, 2/2/2023
WKYC: Explaining the FirstEnergy bribery scandal as the Larry Householder trial continues, 2/2/2023
AZ Mirror: Southwest Gas recruited elected officials to back its rate increase, records show, 1/31/2023
CBS News: Utilities are cutting off power to millions of Americans amid rising energy costs, 1/31/2023
Chicago Sun-Times: Utility shutoffs for nonpayment soar across Illinois and the Chicago area, 1/30/2023
Detroit Metro Times: DTE Energy left more than 128,000 customers without power in 2022, 1/30/2023
The Guardian: US utilities shut off power to millions amid record corporate profits – report, 1/30/2023
Bloomberg: US Utility Shutoffs Climbed Last Year on Higher Energy Costs, 1/30/2023
Charleston-Gazette Mail: WV links to FirstEnergy bribery scandal in Ohio surface in other probes, 1/28/2023
Miami New Times: Florida Power & Light CEO Eric Silagy Retires in Wake of Matrix Consultant Scandal, 1/25/2023
ABC6: We asked five people what they will be watching for in the Householder trial, 1/19/2023
Washington Post: How dark money groups led Ohio to redefine gas as ‘green energy’, 1/17/2023
Minneapolis Star Tribune: Minnesota DFLers push bills for carbon-free electricity by 2040, 1/12/2023
Energy News Network: Massachusetts climate advocates say the fight over renewable gas isn’t over yet, 1/12/2023
New York Times: The New Soldiers in Propane’s Fight Against Climate Action: Television Stars, 1/11/2023
The Guardian: Group aiming to sabotage Whitmer’s Covid policies funded by dark money, 1/10/2023
Dakota Free Press: Lewandowski Lied About Working as Lobbyist for Coal-Power Company, 1/9/2023
Planet Detroit: Study finds biogas is no silver bullet in Michigan’s climate woes, 1/5/2023
Energy News Network: Cleveland pilot project provides rooftop solar for low-income residents, 1/3/2023
Richland Source: DeWine announces nominee to lead Ohio EPA, 12/28/2022
NPR/Floodlight: She was an ABC News producer. She also was a corporate operative, 12/21/2022
NPR/Floodlight: In the Southeast, power company money flows to news sites that attack their critics., 12/19/222
Huffington Post: Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Idaho Officials Copy-Pasted A Fossil Fuel Industry Letter, 12/15/2022
Grist: In Louisiana, an electoral upset could mean a breakthrough for renewables, 12/13/2022
Energy News Network: Ohio ‘green’ natural gas bill motivated by ESG investing concerns, lawmaker says, 12/12/2022
Planet Detroit: Public frustration with DTE is growing. So are its charitable and political spending, 12/8/2022
Energy News Network/Eye on Ohio: Eye on Utilities: Householder trial set to begin next month, 12/7/2022
NPR: The U.S. wants to slash carbon emissions from power plants. Natural gas is in the way, 12/5/2022
Winston-Salem Journal: ‘Such a paradox’: Walmart, as a customer, says Duke’s carbon plan falls short, 12/4/2022
Cleveland.com: Natural gas-linked super PAC drops $1 million backing Republicans, 11/02/2022
Energy News Network: Eye on Utilities: Will HB 6 impact the 2022 election?, 10/25/2022
What are public utility commissions? A beginner’s guide, 10/12/2022
The Guardian: How fossil fuel firms use Black leaders to ‘deceive’ their communities, 10/10/2022
Eye on Ohio: Eye on Ohio’s utilities: All hush, hush, 9/20/2022
Cleveland Business Journal: FirstEnergy CEO Steven Strah abruptly retires, interim leader named, 9/15/2022
The Atlantic: It Wasn’t Just Oil Companies Spreading Climate Denial, 9/7/2022
WPLN: Memphis may leave TVA to reduce costs and carbon. That could raise bills in Nashville, 8/30/2022
NPR: Renewable energy is maligned by misinformation. It’s a distraction, experts say, 8/26/2022
Washington Examiner: Water risks for fossil fuel plants from Colorado River shortage, 8/26/2022
NPR: Drought threatens coal plant operations — and electricity — across the West, 8/26/2022
Grist: Will the Inflation Reduction Act jumpstart carbon capture?, 8/22/2022
Ohio Capitol Journal: Texts, calendars, emails link DeWine to FirstEnergy’s bribery scandal, 8/15/2022
The American Prospect: Corn Ethanol Investors Poised to Profit From Inflation Reduction Act, 8/11/2022
WPLN: The first U.S. climate bill will make renewable energy easier, and cheaper, for TVA, 8/8/2022
Richmond Times-Dispatch: Virginia official lobbied for gas project his agency will consider, 8/5/2022
Energy News Network: Giving back? Charities laud Columbia Gas in $212 rate increase case, 8/1/2022
AP: Climate disinformation leaves lasting mark as world heats, 7/28/2022
Public News Service: Watchdogs: Natural Gas Customers in MN Not Getting Fair Shake, 7/11/2022
Gizmodo: Utility-Backed Republicans May Have Gerrymandered Against One Democrat, 7/6/2022
Public News Service: Power Politics: Incumbent Triumphs Despite Opposition from Utility, 6/16/2022
S&P Global: Southern knew of climate risks before funding pro-fossil fuel campaigns – report, 6/9/2022
The Guardian: Warned of ‘massive’ climate-led extinction, a US energy firm funded crisis denial ads, 6/8/22
WEMU: The search for more accountability in America’s utility industry, 6/3/22
The New York Times: How a Florida Power Project Flew Under the Regulatory Radar. 5/31/22
WPLN: Nashville and Memphis rank near the bottom for solar capacity. Here’s why. 5/12/22
Huffington Post: Gas Giants Have Been Ghostwriting Letters Of Support From Elected Officials, 5/2/2022
Houston Chronicle: CenterPoint shareholders rebuke CEO David Lesar’s $38 million compensation, 4/22/22
WEHT: CenterPoint Energy CEO salary at the forefront of discussion for customers, 4/19/22
Houston Chronicle: As rates rise for customers, CenterPoint CEO David Lesar’s compensation triples, 4/19/22
Grist: Is your electric utility blocking climate action?, 4/14/2022
Business Green: Joe Manchin: Meet the man who could single-handedlly torpedo US climate efforts, 3/24/22
Orlando Sentinel: The future of solar in Florida will get much darker unless DeSantis vetoes bill, 3/22/22
Inside Climate News: In Florida, DeSantis May End the Battle Over Rooftop Solar With a Pen Stroke, 3/18/22
Nevada Independent: Southwest Gas is looking to raise rates. What should customers pay for?, 2/17/22
Ohio Capital Journal: DeWine re-appoints former utility lawyer as utility regulator, 2/11/22
Grist: How a $60 million bribery scandal helped Ohio pass the ‘worst energy policy in the country’, 1/26/22
Nashville Public Radio: TVA faces federal scrutiny over climate goals, electricity rates, 1/18/22
Energywire: CCS ‘red flag?’ World’s sole coal project hits snag, 1/10/22
Energy News Network: Ohio regulators dismiss pleas to investigate utility power shutoffs, 1/7/22
Engineering News-Record: FERC Pulls Burns & McDonnell Gas Project Contract, Cites Conflict, 1/6/22
S&P Global: Path to net-zero: Progress by US utilities ‘too slow’, 12/16/21
NY Focus: New York Utilities Polarize Over Push to Ban Natural Gas, 12/1/21
Politico: A coal plant fights to stay open. It could enrich Manchin, 11/20/21
Energy News Network/Eye on Ohio: Ohio utilities FirstEnergy and AEP still spending big on lobbying, 11/9/21
The American Prospect: Manchin Could Score Carbon Capture Subsidies to Prop Up Coal, 11/8/21
Bismarck Tribune: Project Tundra carbon capture effort comes before state decisionmakers, 10/30/21
Tampa Bay Times: Clearwater Gas paid millions for sponsorships, far outspending its peers, 10/28/21
North Carolina Strikes a Climate Deal That Eludes Washington, 10/20/21
S&P Global: Financing, engineering setbacks plague North Dakota’s $1B carbon capture project, 10/13/21
Vox: How Republicans blocked cities from advancing climate solutions, 9/29/21
NBC News: Hurricane Ida power grid failure forces a reckoning over Entergy’s monopoly in the South, 9/24/21
NPR and ProPublica: Entergy Resisted Upgrading New Orleans’ Power Grid. Residents Paid The Price, 9/22/21
ILSR: Colorado Law Creates Transparency at Rural Electric Co-ops
NPR: Climate Change Is Killing Trees And Causing Power Outages, 9/21/21
Capital & Main: New Mexico’s School of Energy Works to Continue Fossil Fuel Production, 9/13/21
E&E News: Emails, docs show TVA’s ties to fight against federal regs, 9/13/21
Bloomberg: New Orleans Power Crisis: Fix 2,500 Broken Poles in a Swamp, 9/1/21
Gizmodo: Utility That Blacked Out New Orleans Was Too Busy Fighting Climate Regulations, 8/31/21
Ohio Capital Journal: After scandal broke, FirstEnergy lobbyist pushed DeWine on “covid response”, 8/16/2021
OilPrice.com: U.S. Utilities Could Face Slew Of Climate Lawsuits, 8/16/2021
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/entergy-touts-hydrogen-as-tool-to-meet-industrial-customers-green-goals/604560/Utility Dive: Entergy touts hydrogen as tool to meet industrial customers’ green goals, 8/6/21
Indiana Environmental Reporter: Misinformation thwarts Indiana’s clean energy initiatives, 8/2/2021
Gizmodo: Ohio Utility Agrees to Pay $230 Million for Role in Massive Bribery Scandal, 7/23/21
WSYX: Major changes, but no trial one year into Larry Householder scandal, 7/21/21
NY Focus: The Council Implementing New York’s Climate Law Is Stacked With Industry Executives, 7/6/21
How misinformation propped up Ohio lawmakers’ latest attack on renewables, 7/7/21
Manchin Profits From Coal Sales to Utility Lobbying Group Members, 7/1/21
NBC News: More demand, less supply: Drought and heat test U.S. power grid 6/30/21
Gizmodo: Ron Desantis Signs a Bill That Mandates Cities Keep Using Fossil Fuels, 6/26/21
Heated: Manchin says climate goals too “aggressive”, 6/21/21
Forbes: FirstEnergy Scandal Could Do Irreparable Harm To Nuclear Power, 6/18/21
Gizmodo: A Bizarre Coal Industry Propaganda Program Is Infiltrating K-12 Classrooms 6/11/21
US Energy News: Duke Energy-linked political group reenters North Carolina utility debate, 6/1/21
E&E News: Emails: Utilities drafted talking points against gas bans, 6/1/21
Virginia Public Media: Dominion Energy-Linked Group Launches $300K Ad Blitz After Texas Storm, 5/17/21
NM Political Report: Some energy transition funding project proposals include fossil fuels, 5/12/21
Grist: How Berkshire Hathaway fed investors a flawed narrative about their climate progress, 5/6/21
UtilityDive: WEC Energy Group expands carbon reduction goals, targeting net zero by 2050, 5/4/21
Midwest Energy News: Michigan lawmakers propose $250 million fund to subsidize natural gas, 4/30/21
Fremont News Messenger: John Damschroder: Ohio corruption spreads across state lines, 4/27/2021
The Guardian: New Mexico Fights to Escape Powerful Grip of Big Oil and Gas, 4/23/21
Midwest Energy News: Utility grant poses potential conflict for Michigan ratepayer board appointee, 4/20/21
Energy News Network: Utility and fossil fuel interests still ahead in Ohio under House Bill 6, 4/19/21
Energy News Network: In Ohio, utility and fossil fuel influence reaches beyond bailout bill, 4/19/21
Energy News Network: FirstEnergy’s transparency pledge clashes with ongoing actions, 4/19/21
E&E News: Transmission Road Map Could Help Unlock Renewables, 4/16/21
Midwest Energy News: Michigan solar supporters make new push to eliminate rooftop solar caps, 4/12/21
Group Alleges Improper Entergy-Mississippi PSC Collaboration, 4/11/21
Gizmodo: Utility That Funded a Racist Ad Campaign Tweets How It Remains ‘Committed’ to Antiracism, 4/3/21
Ohio Capital Journal: After financing xenophobic campaign, FirstEnergy deplores anti-Asian bigotry, 4/1/21
Gizmodo: What In Tarnation Are Texas Power Companies Hiding?, 3/29/21
Grist: Corporate climate pledges earn failing grades from investors, 3/22/21
Audubon: Why Electric Utilities Are Resorting to Dark Money and Bribes to Resist Renewables, 3/16/21
FITSNEWS: Duke, Southern Blasted For ‘Misleading’ Environmental Advocacy, 3/16/21
AP: Timing key in consulting deal between FirstEnergy, regulator, 3/14/21
Gizmodo: Why Your Boring Utility Bill Is Much More Important Than You Think, 3/11/21
Inside Climate News: Warren Buffett Explains the Need for a Massive Energy Makeover, 3/4/21
PV Magazine: TVA allows power companies to charge anti-solar fixed fees, 2/3/21
RTO Insider: Report: ‘Rein in’ Mass. Utilities’ Influence on Climate Policy, 1/29/21
The Berkshire Eagle: Inside the divide between Legislature, Baker on climate plan, 1/28/21
NM Political Report: Guv quietly looks to expand export markets for natural gas, 1/12/21
Midwest Energy News: Michigan utilities funded candidates during key caucus leadership races, 12/18/20
Texas Observer: Solar Energy is Hitting a Growth Spurt. So Is The Disinformation Around It, 12/7/20
Bloomberg: America’s Greenest Energy Giant Isn’t Trying to Save the Planet, 12/3/20
S&P Global: AEP-funded nonprofit provided $900K to ‘dark money’ groups, reports show, 12/3/20
Energy News Network: Top regulator’s exit raises questions about utility and fossil fuel influence, 12/2/20
Quartz: How wind and solar toppled Exxon from its place as America’s top energy company, 11/30/20
Los Angeles Times: The fossil fuel industry wants you to believe it’s good for people of color, 11/23/20
Energy News Network: FirstEnergy statements could support broad scope for PUCO-ordered audit, 11/17/20
WBUR: Utility Regulators Ignored Conflict Of Interest Concerns For National Grid Audit, 11/12/20
Mother Jones: These Obscure Races May Decide the Future of Climate Change, 11/2/20
NPR: Wyoming is using dark money to help keep coal plants in other states open, 10/28/20
The New Republic: Car Companies Have Been Knowingly Screwing the Planet for Half a Century, 10/28/20
Grist: Ford and GM knew about climate change — and covered it up for decades, 10/27/20
Energywire: DOE: Major CCS project ‘not financially attractive’ 10/26/2020
Forbes: U.S. utility companies rush to declare net-zero targets, 10/15/20
Palm Beach Post: Solar farms dot red Florida. Will it bolster action on climate change? 10/10/20
Wyoming Public Media/Wyofile: Wyoming’s ‘dark money’ coal campaign, 10/2/20
Nate Monroe: Dear FP&L, it’s not really charity if you get something out of it, 10/1/20
AL.com: Alabama town’s new excuse for hiding public records: We don’t have to look for them, 9/16/20
Wyofile: Gov, EPA outline plans to boost carbon capture, delay plant closures, 9/8/20
NPR: Ohio Bribery Scandal Raises Questions About Clean Energy Availability In State, 8/15/20
Quartz: The business model for carbon capture is broken, 8/13/20
E&E News: Bribery and blackouts: Inside an Ohio utility’s troubled past, 8/11/20
Allegheny Front: Ohio energy scandal ‘vindicates’ renewables advocates, 8/7/20
Reuters: Problems plagued U.S. CO2 capture project before shutdown: DOE document, 8/6/20
Drilled News: The Ohio Utility Scandal, Explained, 8/5/20
Lobbyists for Citizens: H.B. 6 local supporters…duped?, 8/3/20
Southerly: Southerners who can’t afford bills could have power disconnected in the heat of summer, 7/31/20
Los Angeles Times: How far will utilities go to protect their fossil fuel investments?, 7/30/20
Mother Jones: They spent millions to protect polluters. Then they got busted by the FBI, 7/25/20
The Star-Ledger/NJ.com: Ignore the charlatans who say clean energy is too expensive, 7/23/20
Vox: An FBI investigation shows Ohio’s abysmal energy law was fueled by corruption, 7/23/20
E&E News: Dark money and bribery: FBI says utility funded $60M scheme 7/22/20
E&E News: Bribes, planes, power. Inside a scheme to keep coal alive 7/22/20
New York Times: Powerful Ohio Republican Is Arrested in $60 Million Corruption Scheme, 7/21/20
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Who could have seen it coming? Everyone 7/21/20
Heavy: Larry Householder: Ohio Republican Charged in Alleged $60 Million Scheme 7/21/20
Energywire: Report warns 30 coal plants threatened by water scarcity, 7/21/20
NHPR: FERC Rejects Conservative N.H. Group’s Petition Against Net Energy Metering, 7/16/20
Yale360: How Overreach by Trump Administration Derailed Big Pipeline Projects, 7/15/20
Huffington Post: How Utility Companies Use Charitable Giving To Influence Policy, 7/6/20
The Guardian: Revealed: legislators’ pro-pipeline letters ghostwritten by fossil fuel company, 7/2/20
Energy News Network: Murray Energy bankruptcy still casts shadow on coal’s economic viability, 6/15/20
RTO Insider: Thousands oppose bid to undo net metering, 6/16/20
Energy News Network: What will Duke Energy’s climate report mean for North Carolina?, 6/15/20
Desert Sun: Solar experts: Proposal could ‘devastate’ industry 6/12/20
Energy News Network/Eye on Ohio: Utilities, gas industry coordinate to oppose Ohio village’s clean energy goal, 5/6/2020
LA Times: States are reopening from coronavirus shutdowns. What happens to frozen utility payments?, 5/22/20
Carolina Public Press: Anti-Duke Energy coalition of advocacy groups calls for range of reforms, 5/18/20
RTO Insider: FERC Extends Deadline in Net Metering Dispute, 5/6/20
Wall Street Journal: Utilities Investors Need to Watch Unpaid Bills, 5/4/20
PV Mag: Investor-owned utilities pay top executives millions — are they worth it?, 5/4/20
Greentech Media: 5 Key Threats for US Utilities as Earnings Season Kicks Off, 4/28/20
Michigan Radio: Utilities prepare for surge in customers unable to pay, 4/27/20
Rapid City Journal: McLaughin mayor says town had no choice but to disconnect family’s utilities, 4/11/20
RTO Insider: MISO Deepens Insights into Pandemic Impact, 4/3/20
HuffPost: She Begged For Mercy. The Utility Cut Her Elderly Parents’ Power Anyway, 3/31/20
UtilityDive: Wisconsin regulators launch investigation into COVID-19 related costs for utilities, 3/31/20
Sinclair Broadcast Group: Rent, credit cards, auto loans: Here’s who is offering relief, 3/27/20
Tucson.com: Tucson-area utilities halt shutoffs during coronavirus crisis, 3/25/20
HuffPost: A Utility Vowed To Stop Shutoffs. Advocates Say Hundreds May Still Lack Electricity, 3/24/20
Energy News Network: Ohio utilities commission order might stretch limits of emergency power, 3/20/20
Phoenix New Times: APS, SRP, and Phoenix Water Services Suspend Customer Shutoffs Over Coronavirus, 3/13/20
HuffPost: Utilities Face Pressure To Stop Shutting Off Services Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, 3/13/20
Energy News Network: How a longtime critic of clean energy became Ohio’s top utility regulator, 3/9/20
Columbus Dispatch: Ohio nuclear plants’ owner paid $1.9 million to help save $1 billion bailout, 3/6/20
Adapting To Fire: How Cities Can Enhance Resilience With Distributed Energy, 3/5/20
Energy News Network: Dark money dominated Ohio’s nuclear subsidy saga, 3/5/20
Eye on Ohio: Campaign contributions pay off for Ohio utilities and coal interests, 3/5/20
Palm Beach Post: Charities Take FPL money, back FPL rate hikes, 3/5/20
New York Times: A Trump Insider Embeds Climate Denial in Scientific Research, 3/2/20
Arizona Mirror: An appointed Corporation Commission would be more corruptible than an elected one, 2/27/20
Inside Climate News: A Michigan Utility Just Raised the Bar on Emissions-Cutting Plans, 2/27/20
Grist: Cities are starting to ban gas in buildings. Arizona’s not having it, 2/2 7/20
Virginia Mercury: Senator Pulls Bill to Give Carbon Allowances to Charles City Plants, 2/27/20
Phoenix New Times: Arizona House Passes Industry-Backed Pre-Emption Bill to Keep Natural Gas Flowing, 2/12/20
Arizona Republic: As cities in other states ban natural gas, Arizona lawmakers move to protect it, 2/12/20
Florida Phoenix: PAC report: Business lobby shares its wealth with Florida Cabinet members, 2/11/20
Energy News Network: Coal industry group revives reliability argument to Ohio lawmakers 2/5/20
Wyofile: Governor’s office previewed controversial PSC letter, 2/4/20
Charlotte Business Journal: Why there’s a big fight brewing over Duke Energy’s power monopoly, 1/16/20
Deadline Detroit: Beware Of So-Called Detroit Activists Pocketing DTE Energy Donations, 1/14/20
New York Times: N.A.A.C.P. Tells Local Chapters: Don’t Let Energy Industry Manipulate You, 1/5/20
Salon: Fossil fuel knocks the wind out of renewable energy movement in Ohio, 1/5/20
The Intercept: Coal giant provided secret financing to group challenging climate lawsuits, 12/17/19
Lexington County Chronicle: Utility Watchdog: Rate Money Buys Political Favors, 12/11/19
Phoenix New Times: APS Used Backdoor Charitable Donations to Sway Regulators, Report Warns, 12/10/19
Energy News Network: Report links utilities’ charitable giving to organizations’ political support, 12/10/19
WIS News 10: Watchdog Report: Link between utilities charitable giving and political influence, 12/10/19
Greenwire: Industry clings to trade group as utilities abandon ship, 12/5/2019
Inside Climate News: Clean Economy Weekly 12/5/2019
S&P Global: US utilities race to slash emissions as ESG reporting takes off, 12/4/2019
Detroit News: Nonprofit boosting Consumers Energy’s candidates spent $12.9M, 12/2/2019
E&E News: Under pressure, 2 utilities ditch pro-coal trade group, 12/2/2019
Sludge: DLCC set up one-on-one meetings for lobbyists and lawmakers at summer conference, 11/27/2019
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Pa. legislators to fight Wolf’s carbon cap proposal with bills and a lawsuit, 11/19/2019
Albany Times-Union: National grid pushed officials to write letters for pipeline, 11/13/2019
Energy News Network: For Ohio farmers, wind turbine revenue helps take the sting out of a ‘bad’ year, 10/31/2019
Nonprofit Quarterly: Can Public Ownership of Utilities Help Address Climate Change? 10/29/2019
Teen Vogue: Publicly Owned Utilities Could Help Fight the Climate Crisis, 10/25/2019
Los Angeles Times: California ditched coal. The gas company is worried it’s next, 10/22/2019
WFPL (Louisville): Ky. Utility Regulators Weigh In On Trump Energy Plan At Behest Of Coal Lobby, 10/22/2019
UtilityDive: Duke VP likens gas plant buildout strategy to 15-year home mortgage on path to zero carbon, 10/18/2019
WyoFile: Wyoming utility regulator copied, sent coal lobby letter 10/15/2019
InsideClimate News: Utilities Are Promising Net Zero Carbon Emissions, But Don’t Expect Big Changes Soon, 10/15/2019
The Miami Student: Petitioners supporting nuclear bailout target Miami students, 10/15/2019
Utility Dive: Coal group pressed state regulators to ask FERC for resilience action 10/14/2019
Bowling Green Daily News: TVA potentially cutting renewable program, 10/14/2019
Bloomberg News: Coal Industry Pushed State Regulators to Lobby for Power Rescue 10/12/2019
Mother Jones: PG&E Was Once Part of the Climate-Denial Machine That Helped Fuel California’s Blackout Crisis, 10/11/2019
Mother Jones: Dark Money Is Pouring in to Protect the “Worst Energy Policy in the Country”, 10/10/2019
E&E News: Meet the ‘NIMBY people’ trying to kill solar 10/03/2019
Dayton Daily News: Ohio AG investigates new allegations in fight over energy-bill referendum 10/03/2019
Bowling Green Daily News: WRECC still “reviewing” TVA 20-year contract, 9/28/2019
Montgomery Advertiser: Climate and change: How to decarbonize Alabama, 9/27/2019
Energy News Network: Who’s behind the Chinese conspiracy ads against Ohio’s nuclear referendum? 9/23/2019
New Republic: How Energy Companies Corrupt State Politics, 9/19/2019
Fast Company: It’s now cheaper to build new renewables than it is to build natural gas plants, 9/11/2019
Southeast Energy News: Controversial Louisiana proposal would change net metering program, 9/10/2019
Utility Dive: Arizona’s chief utility regulator pressures APS to cut political spending, 9/9/2019
Columbus Fee Press: Update on Ohio House Bill 6, the bailout of FirstEnergy’s Nuclear and Coal, 9/7/2019
RTO Insider: Ohio Nuke Ballot Petition Approved, 9/2/2019
12 News (Phoenix): Arizona regulators won’t release 3rd-party audit of APS, 8/21/2019
Co-op News: US electric co-op giant Tri-State promises a switch to renewables, 8/9/2019
Fremont News Messenger: Community’s future brightens after legislature saves Davis-Besse, 8/6/2019
Associated Press: Nuke plants’ rescue jolts conservatives, environmentalists, 8/2/2019
Columbus Dispatch: Editorial: The more you learn, the worse House Bill 6 looks, 8/2/2019
Think Progress: Trump’s big coal backers paid for a new tax to prop up outdated energy in Ohio, 8/1/2019
Climate Crocks: Picker losers: Ohio energy bill is a dumpster fire, 7/28/2019
Columbus Dispatch: FirstEnergy handed out $1 million in campaign cash before bailout vote, 7/28/2019
Vox: Ohio just passed the worst energy bill of the 21st century, 7/27/2019
The Economist: Can American utilities profit from the energy transition?, 7/27/2019
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Capitol Letter, 7/26/2019
Toledo Blade: Think tank: Nuclear plants’ bankrupt owner spent heavily for bailout, 7/24/2019
Climatewire: In Colorado, a coal-heavy co-op offers a climate plan — and suspicions rise, 7/19/19
Greentech Media: Georgia Power Boosts Plan for Renewables and Storage After Local Stakeholder Push, 7/16/19
New York Times: Florida’s Utilities Keep Homeowners From Making the Most of Solar Power, 7/7/19
Energy News Network: Ohio wind setback lawsuit spurred bill to block similar legal challenges, 6/28/19
New York Times: As Coal Fades in the U.S., Natural Gas Becomes the Climate Battleground, 6/26/2019
Gizmodo: Another Top EPA Official Is Out Amid Ethics Scandal, 6/26/19
ecoRI News: Dirty Front Groups Endanger Planet’s Present and Future Health, 6/22/19
Columbia Law Review: Climate (Non)Disclosure, 6/22/19
Energy News Network: As state negotiations falter, Line 5 backers ramp up public campaigns, 6/19/19
Inside Sources: Proposed Nuclear Bailouts in OH, PA Get Mixed Reactions From Industry, 5/24/2019
Plain Dealer: Nuclear bailout bill shows how big money can be put to work in the Ohio Statehouse, 5/23/19
PV Magazine: California prevents utility from paying EEI dues with ratepayer funds, 5/21/19
Columbus Dispatch: Capitol Insider, 5/19/19
Louisville Public Media: LG&E/KU Customers Stuck Paying For Disbanded Trade Group, 5/15/2019
The Nation: The Energy Industry’s Secret Campaign to Get Us to Build More Power Plants, 5/14/19
Inside EPA: UARG’s Demise Shifts Focus To Utility Waste, Water Groups’ EPA Influence, 5/13/19
POWER Magazine: Utility Group Under Congressional Investigation Will Disband, 5/13/19
E&E News: TVA defends its role in trade group, 5/7/19
Columbus Dispatch: Consumers’ office says FirstEnergy amendment will lead to ‘price gouging,’ 5/7/2019
Louisville Public Media: Did Louisville Ratepayers Help Fund Anti-Solar Lobbying?, 5/1/2019
Daily Kos: Republican Ohio Rep: Starve The Poor So We Can Fund Nuclear Industry, 4/30/2019
Michigan NPR: Report warns Enbridge, DTE, part of pipeline “bubble” that could burst, 4/29/2019
ClimateWire: Free-market think tank fuels war against EVs, 4/29/2019
Arizona Daily Star: Tucson Electric Power draws scrutiny over ties to pro-coal advocacy group, 4/26/2019
DeSmog: Wined and Dined by Energy Industry Consultant, State Utility Regulators Met With Its Client, 4/24/2019
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Why are Ohioans footing the bill for FirstEnergy? 4/21/2019
Politico Pro: Democrats look at utility dues to UARG, 4/17/2019
Columbus Dispatch: FirstEnergy Solutions bailout debate kicks off at Statehouse, 4/16/2019
Clean Cooperative: Tri-State executive involved with anti-Clean Air Act group since 2005, 4/13/2019
Tampa Bay Times: Florida could soon bury more power lines. Customers might pick up the cost, 4/11/2019
Aberdeen News: Trump wrong about wind energy, 4/9/2019
Phoenix New Times: APS Documents Revealing Millions in Spending Leave Many Questions Unanswered, 4/4/2019
Washington Post: Trump’s $100 trillion price tag for the Green New Deal may have come from a tweet, 3/21/2019
Mountain Journal: What’s up with the Green New Deal and what does it mean for the west?, 3/13/2019
DeSmog: Trump Budget for Renewables Slashed 70% Under Former Koch Insider’s Leadership, 3/13/2019
Arizona Republic: Price for public officials who break the law to do APS’s bidding? $225, 3/6/2019
AZ Capitol Times: Local elected officials face fines for opposition of Prop. 127, 3/5/2019
PV Magazine: Fossils go hard after solar in Spotsylvania, 3/4/2019
Santa Fe New Mexican: Lawmakers question carbon tech proposed in plan to keep San Juan plant running, 3/2/2019
Sandusky Register: Wind turbine syndrome full of hot air? 2/28/2019
PV Magazine: Milwaukee pushes back against We Energies’ monopoly, 2/18/2019
Energy News Network: Ohio clean energy groups will seek recusals from PUCO nominee, 2/13/2019
Utility Dive: Ohio governor taps wind critic Randazzo as utility commission chair, 2/6/2019
Michigan NPR: Consumers Energy agrees to stop dark money donations for two years, 1/29/2019
Energy News Network: Michigan regulators clamp down on utility’s political spending, 1/28/2019
E&E News: A Texas group that rejects warming is favored by Trump, 1/7/2019
TiffinOhio.net: New watchdog report exposes Seneca Anti-Wind Union’s ties to Big Coal, 12/13/2018
New Orleans Times Picayune: Entergy’s sponsorship of Cyndi Nguyen’s holiday parade raises questions, 12/11/2018
RTO Insider: McNamee advances to Senate floor, 11/27/2018
PowerMarketsToday: Anti-renewables video muddies McNamee’s prospects, 11/26/2018
UtilityDive: Senate Dems seek to postpone McNamee FERC vote over video, 11/26/2018
UtilityDive: FERC nominee McNamee slams green groups, renewables in Feb. video, 11/21/2018
UtilityDive: Vogtle in sight as money pours into Georgia regulator race, 11/2/2018
WABE: In The Races For Ga. Public Service Commission, More Attention — And Money, 10/23/2018
UtilityDive: Utility spending on major Republican groups outpaces Democrats over 2:1, EPI finds, 10/18/2018
Inside EPA: Wehrum met at former firm with former clients despite ethics pledge, 9/21/2018
The Guam Daily Post: Solar provider seeks answers ahead of net metering changes, 9/16/2018
RTO Insider: Democrats Call Out ‘Partisan’ Remarks by FERC Chief, 8/23/2018
Washington Examiner: Trump readies ‘military plan’ to save coal, 8/22/2018
Media Matters for America: Fox’s Tucker Carlson pushes misinformation about wind power, 8/20/2018
Think Progress: Trump reveals how little he knows about his coal and nuclear bailout plan, 8/20/2018
Think Progress: Murray Energy backs opposition to offshore Ohio wind farm, 8/6/2018
Energy News Network: Complaint: utility-backed group in Michigan violates tax, campaign laws, 8/3/2018
UtilityDive: APS spends $11 million to keep 50% renewables measure off ballot, 7/18/2018
AL.com: Small electric systems challenge Alabama Power’s profits, request refunds, 6/28/18
Arkansas Business: Following the fueling opposition to Wind Catcher, 6/18/18
PV Magazine: Arizona’s dirty energy politics, 6/14/18
Think Progress: Kochs invest in company set to benefit from coal and nuclear bailout, 6/12/2018
Beaver County (PA) Times: Report: Energy lobbyist paid $1 million in bailout campaign, 6/6/2018
Greentech Media: The lobbying bills attached to FirstEnergy’s coal and nuclear emergency action, 6/5/2018
RTO Insider: More questions than answers for FERC, RTOs, 6/5/2018
Midwest Energy News: Michigan law gives activists new venue for holding utilities to pledges, 5/30/2018
DeSmog Blog: Koch-Backed and Anti-Renewable Energy Groups Wooing Interior Department Official, 5/23/2018
Miami New Times: Florida’s Energy Companies Are Spending More Money Than Ever on Lobbying, 5/17/2018
KAUF: Wind Catcher opposition may have fossil fuel ties, 5/17/2018
NOLA Times-Picayune: Entergy opponents: ‘New Orleans residents were deprived of their rights’, 5/15/2018
Think Progress: New Orleans electric utility confirms people were paid to support its power plant, 5/11/2018
Utility Dive: Entergy says it had no knowledge of paid support for New Orleans gas plant, 5/11/2018
Atlanta Journal Constitution: Georgia PSC election war chests helped by Georgia Power, affiliates, 5/9/2018
PV Magazine: New Orleans: Actors paid to oppose solar and wind, push for power plant, 5/7/2018
Chattanooga Times Free Press: TVA audit: Jet purchase not ‘cost effective’, 3/30/2018
Utility Dive: Indiana governor taps Republican lawmaker for Utility Regulatory Commission, 3/27/2018
Midwest Energy News: Ohio lawmaker circulates study on theoretical turbine accidents, 3/23/2018
PV Magazine: Murray Energy’s war on clean energy in Ohio, 3/10/2018
Associated Press: Company Spends $2M Lobbying for Atlantic Pipeline, 3/8/2018
WABE Atlanta: Watchdog Group: Ga. Public Service Commissioner Too ‘Cozy’ With Ga. Power, 3/6/2018
Utility Dive: New Arizona renewable ballot initiative could spark utility opposition, 2/15/2018
The State: Dominion hires former SC Gov. Hodges as lobbyist as SCANA buyout heats up, 1/5/2018
Utility Dive: Demand charges or ‘efficiency rates’? EEI wants a word change, 12/20/2017
Esquire: The Power Companies Are Ripping You Off, 12/15/2017
Vox: A moment of truth arrives for Rick Perry’s widely hated coal bailout, 12/11/2017
Bloomberg: Koch-Backed Business Group Splinters in Climate-Change Dispute, 12/8/2017
ThinkProgress: Koch-funded network targets New Hampshire’s renewable energy policies, 12/4/2017
Midwest Energy News: Secrecy surrounds pro-coal group eyeing Ohio wind cases, 12/4/2017
Hartford Courant: Critics Fault Eversource for proposing business fees be charged to ratepayers, 11/30//2017
Bloomberg: Koch-Funded Group Prods Trump’s EPA to Say Climate Change Not a Risk, 11/15/2017
ThinkProgress: Environmentalists just gained a new enemy in the fight against natural gas pipelines, 11/6/2017
Vox: Rick Perry’s plan to subsidize coal and nuclear plants is bonkers, 10/4/2017
Miami New Times: Why Didn’t FPL Do More to Prepare for Irma?, 9/14/2017
Inside Climate News: Perry’s Grid Study Calls for Easing Pollution Rules on Power Plants, 8/24/2017
ThinkProgress: Top utilities are spending a lot of money to elect Republican governors, 8/10/2017
The Guardian: Utilities companies won’t let you sell your own solar power. Why not?, 8/1/2017
Scientific American: Watchdog Group: U.S. Electric Industry Knew of Climate Threat Decades Ago
InsideClimate News: Like Exxon, Utilities Knew about Climate Change Risks Decades Ago
New York Times: Rooftop Solar Dims Under Pressure From Utility Lobbyists
Midwest Energy News: Analysis: Ratepayers foot the bill for utilities’ push against rooftop solar
ThinkProgress: This is how the Kochs’ anti-renewable agenda becomes White House policy
New York Times: The Deep Industry Ties of Trump’s Deregulation Teams
UtilityDive: Report: Power customers’ ‘forced’ to fund EEI political activities
Texas Monthly: What Will Rick Perry’s Delayed Energy Grid Study Say?
Miami Herald: FPL drafted portions of bill that puts tough requirements on rooftop solar companies
Washington Post: The Trump administration has a new energy buzzword
New York Times: Trump got nearly $1 million in energy-efficiency subsidies
ClimateWire: Staff wary but ready to work with Pruitt amid new email dump
Huffington Post: Scott Pruitt goes after critics, EPA in his first speech to the agency
Climate Crocks: Chamber of Commerce – “Hell to pay” if U.S. backtracks on climate
Santa Fe New Mexican: Reader View: A deceptive attack on rooftop solar
ClimateWire: Clean energy left out of new White House energy plan
PV-Magazine: Solar disappears down the memory hole on White House website
ClimateWire: Exxon lobbied against a $10 carbon tax in Mass.
TechCrunch: Trump’s manufacturing council includes Elon Musk, Michael Dell and Mark Fields
Gizmodo: A Brief Chat With Elon Musk About Climate Change, Rex Tillerson, and Donald Trump
Buzzfeed: Trump’s SEC Nominee Told Firms To Admit Climate Change Risks
MarketWatch: Trump’s SEC pick pushed clients to say more about climate-change risks
Climate Crocks: Trump appointee warned of climate impacts
Inside Climate News: Rex Tillerson’s record on climate change – Reality vs rhetoric
Vox: Ohio clean energy standards are toast unless Gov. John Kasich steps in to save them
Grist: 5 lessons activists can learn from Florida’s successful ballot fight to defend solar
UtilityDive: Florida’s Amendment 1 defeat shows why solar won’t be stopped, Trump or no Trump
Tampa Bay Times: Power surge: Utilities dump another $3.5 million into Amedment 1
Tampa Bay Times: After leaked recording, solar amendment campaign scrubs its web pages
Miami Herald: Insider reveals deceptive strategy behind Florida’s solar amendment
Fox 4 Fort Myers, FL: Experts say solar amendment is misleading, not pro-solar
ABC 7 Sarasota, FL: Solar Amendment Summary
Grist: Why is this liberal congresswoman spreading anti-solar arguments?
Washington Post: Vote delayed on Hogan nominee accused of feeding information to governor’s staff
The Baltimore Sun: Gov. Hogan’s nominee to utility regulator faces Senate grilling over emails
NUVO: The fight over Indiana’s Access to Public Records Act
The Guardian: Nevada’s solar workers and customers reel as new rules ‘shut down’ industry
Florida Center for Investigative Reporting: Big Energy Pours $1.9 Million Into Anti-Solar Group
Press Releases
FOIA documents reveal that industry demands were directly reflected in bogus DOE coal bailout plans
Florida PSC Nominating Council Set to Interview and Vote on Finalists
UtilitySecrets.org, a new site from EPI and Center for Media and Democracy
Florida Utilities Pour $3.5 Million More Into Anti-Solar Amendment 1
Utility-funded PAC caught attempting more “political jiu-jitsu”
Special Interests Behind Anti-Solar Ballot Initiative Consumers for Smart Solar
Clean Power Plan Published – Here Is The Utility Industry’s Strategy To Overturn It
Ohio Energy Study Committee Relied Upon Flawed Testimony
Fossil Fuel-Funded ALEC Behind Attack Colorado Renewable Energy Standard
Beacon Hill Institute EPA Attack Funded Through Richard Berman Front Group
